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KURUME, Fukuoka Prefecture--Takao Ito combined his need for space, his model-collecting obsession and his fondness for drinking to create what has become a “holy place” for enthusiasts of the “Mobile Suit Gundam” robot anime franchise.
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SEOUL--North Korea will likely increase its missile launches toward the end of December as the year-end deadline approaches for a new denuclearization proposal from the United States, according to defense experts here.
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Crown Prince Fumihito expressed relief that his brother's imperial enthronement ceremonies went off without a hitch but reiterated his concern about the use of public funds to pay for events that are essentially religious in nature.
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Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, who famously played up his friendship with U.S. President Ronald Reagan and together strengthened the U.S.-Japan alliance, died at a hospital in Tokyo on Nov. 29. He was 101.
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Opposition lawmakers are pressing the government to explain how “anti-social elements,” a vague term used for gangsters and other dodgy groups, attended a publicly funded cherry blossom viewing party hosted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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KASHIHARA, Nara Prefecture--Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited the tomb of Emperor Jinmu here to report the completion of a series of enthronement rites on Nov. 27.
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An opposition lawmaker described the reported number of guests invited by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his office to a publicly funded party as “unthinkable,” citing a document that escaped the government’s shredding machine.
